The correct answer is Pulses Explanation & Key Takeaways: • Pulses, also known as legumes, are the edible seeds of leguminous plants cultivated for food. • Leguminous crops are those which belong to the pea family (Leguminosae). • The majority of plants in this family have root nodules that are home to rhizobium bacteria, which fix nitrogen from the air. • This fixed nitrogen can raise the amount of nitrogen in the soil when plant leftovers break down. • To increase soil fertility, legumes are frequently grown as a relay crop or in close proximity to maize, millet, and rice. • In areas with a well-established dairy sector, fodder legumes are suitable alternatives. Related Concepts: • Millet is a collective term referring to a number of small-seeded annual grasses that are cultivated as grain crops, primarily on marginal lands in dry areas in temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions. • Some of the common millets available in India are Ragi (Finger millet), Jowar (Sorghum), Sama (Little millet), Bajra (Pearl millet), and Variga (Proso millet). • 160th session of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Council, held in Rome in December 2018, approved India’s proposal to observe an International Year of Millets in 2023.